Holdmeyer v. Thomas

The defendant tenant, Val Thomas, appeals from the trial court's judgment of possession in favor of the plaintiff landlord, Leroy Holdmeyer, in a summary process action. The defendant claims that the plaintiff did not meet his burden of rebutting the presumption of retaliatory eviction because he did not prove any of the four statutory exceptions enumerated in General Statutes § 47a-20a. 1 We agree and reverse the judgment of the trial court.

The record reveals the following relevant facts. On July 11, 2014, the defendant called the Uncas Health District to complain that the apartment he…